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If you could get into somebody's mind...

Oksana
14-03-2005, 03:32
Who would it be? What would you want to know? :)
Roach-Busters
14-03-2005, 03:33
B.J. Vorster. I'd want to know how someone could be such a sick f*** and still consider himself a human being.
MACOnians
14-03-2005, 03:33
My cat's. So I could find out what it is that makes her stare at the wall for hours on end. Sounds stupid but I really wonder what she looks at.
Ingleside
14-03-2005, 03:37
1. My ex-boyfriend's...what the heck he's thinking about me/why he dumped me

2. A baby's mind...I think that would be really interesting to view the world from a completely unbiased viewpoint.
Kroisistan
14-03-2005, 03:40
Who would it be? What would you want to know? :)

I'd want to get inside GW Bush's mind, so I can find out what his next plan it and thwart it. That, or travel back in time, and get in Einstein's mind. Maybe then i'd be good at math. Here's to hoping :)

@ Roach-Busters - Who is BJ Vorster? Never heard of the guy.
Neo-Tommunism
14-03-2005, 03:43
I don't want to get into anyone else's mind, just out of my own.
Roach-Busters
14-03-2005, 03:43
I'd @ Roach-Busters - Who is BJ Vorster? Never heard of the guy.

Prime Minister of South Africa 1966-78. He was a staunch Nazi supporter/sympathizer during WWII, a vehement racist, and a very authoritarian dictator who outlawed just about everything, took away what little freedoms blacks had, and made the nation an international pariah.
Eutrusca
14-03-2005, 03:44
"If you could get into somebody's mind... "
Ah! But I can, grasshopper. I can. :)
Roach-Busters
14-03-2005, 03:45
"If you could get into somebody's mind... "
Ah! But I can, grasshopper. I can. :)

You're startin' to scare me, Gramps! :eek:
Bitchkitten
14-03-2005, 03:46
I just don't want anybody to get into mine. I'd be afraid they'd think I was weak, insecure, a perv and totally devoid of reason. SSSHHH. Don't tell anyone.
Nation of Fortune
14-03-2005, 03:46
A certain individual I know, so I could finally know exactly what her feelings are. She acts like she likes me, she acts different around me than anybody else, she gets dissapointed when I can't do something with her, she does everything that would suggest she likes me, but she claims she doesn't like me in that way whenever I confront her about it.
Phalanix
14-03-2005, 03:47
My ex girlfriends mind just becasue I want to find out what she saw in me.
As well as a friend of mine just to see if I ever had a chance.
Potaria
14-03-2005, 03:47
I just don't want anybody to get into mine. I'd be afraid they'd think I was weak, insecure, a perv and totally devoid of reason. SSSHHH. Don't tell anyone.


Okay, okay, I'll stop trying... Sheesh.
Roach-Busters
14-03-2005, 03:49
Okay, okay, I'll stop trying... Sheesh.

Lol :p
Potaria
14-03-2005, 03:55
Lol :p


Yeah yeah, go ahead and laugh, ya bastard :D.
Oksana
14-03-2005, 03:55
I want to get into Bitchkitten's mind so I can corrupt her with my own reasoning.
Potaria
14-03-2005, 03:57
I want to get into Bitchkitten's mind so I can corrupt her with my own reasoning.


If I can't get in, you're not getting in, either!
Kroisistan
14-03-2005, 03:58
Prime Minister of South Africa 1966-78. He was a staunch Nazi supporter/sympathizer during WWII, a vehement racist, and a very authoritarian dictator who outlawed just about everything, took away what little freedoms blacks had, and made the nation an international pariah.

Wow... that is bad. One must wonder how an evil idiot like that could become a PM.
Bitchkitten
14-03-2005, 04:00
I want to get into Bitchkitten's mind so I can corrupt her with my own reasoning.

If you got into my mind, I'm afraid the corruption would flow the other way. :D
Yvarr
14-03-2005, 07:37
My spouse's, so I can see why they treat me the way they do (not that it's bad) and what all is going on in there. Or if anything is!
Sdaeriji
14-03-2005, 07:38
Aerou, to see what it's like being so sexy.
German Kingdoms
14-03-2005, 07:43
My cat, so I can see what she sees me as.
Kejott
14-03-2005, 07:46
I would want to get inside Bush's mind. My mind is probably so much more evolved and advanced I could most likely manipulate his speech and bodily functions to the point where I would take over the presidency! :D
I V Stalin
14-03-2005, 13:22
My best friend's. Just so I would know what the hell really is going on in there. It's quite possibly the scariest place in the world.
Legless Pirates
14-03-2005, 13:24
Ron Jeremy's
Blue Chocobo
14-03-2005, 13:26
My fiance's - Ever since I first learned of his existence, I've always wanted to know how his mind works. :D Somehow, he doesn't think like others, he doesn't talk like others, blah blah blah.

My mom's - I'd be disturbed if I could get into her mind, but if I could, I'd get the bottom of whatever's made her so... HER. (A painful family feud involved.)
Torching Witches
14-03-2005, 13:35
Who would it be?
Myself.

What would you want to know?
Where I left my damn keys.
Davo_301
14-03-2005, 13:38
people you are thinking too small. i'd take over gods brain. think of the mayhem, the destruction as i destroy everything i don't like, kebab shops, starbucks (evil).

that is unless god is not there then i would spen the rest of my life with no brain..... hmm some people would say "what new?" ok ok.... everyone would say it.
Torching Witches
14-03-2005, 13:41
people you are thinking too small. i'd take over gods brain. think of the mayhem, the destruction as i destroy everything i don't like, kebab shops, starbucks (evil).

that is unless god is not there then i would spen the rest of my life with no brain..... hmm some people would say "what new?" ok ok.... everyone would say it.
Do you think God would know where my keys are?
Blue Chocobo
14-03-2005, 13:45
people you are thinking too small. i'd take over gods brain. think of the mayhem, the destruction as i destroy everything i don't like, kebab shops, starbucks (evil).

that is unless god is not there then i would spen the rest of my life with no brain..... hmm some people would say "what new?" ok ok.... everyone would say it.

LMAO
Refused Party Program
14-03-2005, 13:50
Refused Party Program: Invading Your Brain Since 1995.
Davo_301
14-03-2005, 13:51
Refused Party Program: Invading Your Brain Since 1995.

i thought that was TV?
Refused Party Program
14-03-2005, 13:52
i thought that was TV?

Refused Party Program is the opposing force.
Legless Pirates
14-03-2005, 13:53
Like God and Satan. Question is: Which one is the good one? :eek:
Refused Party Program
14-03-2005, 13:55
Like God and Satan. Question is: Which one is the good one? :eek:

Converting Folks To Evil Since 1995

;)
Legless Pirates
14-03-2005, 13:57
;)
Yay for no sigs!
Independent Homesteads
14-03-2005, 14:45
I just don't want anybody to get into mine. I'd be afraid they'd think I was weak, insecure, a perv and totally devoid of reason. SSSHHH. Don't tell anyone.

Well when I was there, it looked pretty ok to me. Maybe I'm a perv too.
Pure Metal
14-03-2005, 14:51
hmm either TIN, cos i wanna see where the randomness comes from ;) (and steal some), or Kanabia (cos he's nuts and i bet it'd be fun in there) :)

or Tink, of course :cool:
Eutrusca
14-03-2005, 15:32
You're startin' to scare me, Gramps! :eek:
Oh? Why is that? Better me than some I could name. At least you know that I'm ethical. :)
Cogitation
14-03-2005, 17:02
[Topic title: If you could get into somebody's mind...]

Who would it be? What would you want to know? :)
I'm sorry, but I will not answer such a detailed question regarding NationStates security. :p :D

people you are thinking too small. i'd take over gods brain. think of the mayhem, the destruction as i destroy everything i don't like, kebab shops, starbucks (evil).
I would think that God has better security than to just let you non-corporeally waltz into His mind. Not to mention that His mind is so vast, you would probably get lost inside it. :p

--The Jovial States of Cogitation
"Laugh about it for a moment."
NationStates Self-Proclaimed Court Jester

...

Okay, to be serious, if I had such power, I would be tempted to subtlely enter the minds of various women to learn how they feel about me. I would also be tempted to explore their personalities from the inside; I'm not going to take a romantic interest in a woman whose personality rubs me the wrong way and I'm not going to alter anyone's personality to suit my tastes.

Being a science-fiction/fantasy fan, though, I have thought a little about the implications of various strange things (such as time travel, mind reading, et cetera), and there are a couple of problems with this application of mind reading:

1) Entering someones mind is entering their personal space. For example, there are laws against breaking into someones house (not counting pre-existing emergencies), even if all you want to do is read someones diary. Just taking the diary is theft, and there're laws against that, too. If someone invites me in, then that's a different matter. However, if I gain enough of a womans trust for her to invite me into her mind, first, then I've already formed a strong relationship with her without the use of mindreading.

2) A degree of mystery and/or challenge tends to be appealing. Something is almost always more appealing, or getting something is almost always more satisfying, if one has to wait and/or work to get it. Delayed gratification is usually more satisfying than instant gratification as it builds up that mystery, that anticipation. Mindreading would spoil that anticipation and thus might prove to be more of a curse than a blessing.

Consider a couple that goes out on a moonlight walk, share a candlelight dinner, and then spend the night in each others arms: They want each other, but they don't just "jump in the sack". Instead, they build each other up to it in a way that's almost artistic. Some might choose to argue that it IS artistic with no "almost" about it. Consider a movie or a book: You don't skip straight to the end, you read or watch the whole thing through. Every good story builds anticipation over time and has a climax at which that anticipation is released. Some of the dirtier minds... :p ...might snicker at the sexual innuendo behind the word "climax", but the exact same principle applies.

If offered the ability to read minds, I would probably accept (on the condition that I turn off that ability at will; there are other problems associated with mindreading that I won't discuss here). I'm just not sure if I would actually use it.

"Think about it for a moment."

--The Democratic States of Cogitation
Founder and Delegate of The Realm of Ambrosia